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July 29, 2009

Here are some of the news headlines we're following today on BuzzFlash.com.

-- Blue Dogs announce a draft of the health care reform package

-- Reigning GOP Hypocrite of the Week winner Paul Stanley will resign from Tennessee Senate

-- President Obama tells more than 2,000 people in a NC high school gym that the current health care system works well for the insurance industry, but doesn't always work well for the people

Here are the original content stories featured on the BuzzFlash Blog.

Want to Be Heard in the Healthcare Reform Debate? That'll Cost You a Cool $100 -- BuzzFlash News Analysis

Old School Vs. New School: Who's the True Voice of the Republican Party? -- BuzzFlash News Analysis

Dick Cheney and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Separated at birth? -- Last Chance Democracy Cafe

Our whimsical Congress: Basic health care as a byzantine hurdle. P.M. Carpenter Exclusively on BuzzFlash for Wednesday, July 29. So Congress' two-front war for comprehensive health-care reform is crawling to the diplomatic and battlefield status of a five-week Sitzkrieg. Why not. That, with one exception, is what Capitol Hill inhabitants do best: sit. Sometimes they sits and thinks, and sometimes they just sits, but whichever the case, at sitting they do indeed excel.

For many, Guantanamo Bay is a symbol of the excess in the lack of justice offered up by the Bush Administration. Unfortunately, for people such as Fayiz al-Kandari, Guantanamo Bay isn't a symbol of anything; it's the harsh reality of years of their lives. For Fayiz al-Kandari, that figure is 7 ½ years, and climbing. Guantanamo is still in business, and things have become worse under Barack Obama, according to one person who has stood up for those who aren't getting justice -- Lt. Col. Barry Wingard. Lt. Col. Wingard is the winner of the BuzzFlash Wings of Justice Award This Week.

Why Conservatives Argue That Racism Doesn't Exist -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser

The Police, the Judiciary, and Stereotyping -- Dr. J.'s Commentary

We have a winner in the BuzzFlash in the BuzzFlash "What Would Bush Have Been if His Last Name Were Smith?" Contest! -- BuzzFlash Fun

Martha Rosenberg: Americans bid goodbye to their Alaskan statesman -- BuzzFlash Guest Commentary

Andrew Lehman: The Reframing of Success -- BuzzFlash Guest Commentary

Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for July 29, 2009

BuzzFlash Mailbag for July 29, 2009

Bush Lied. Soldiers keep Dying.

4,328 U.S. Military Fatalities in Iraq

755 U.S. Military Fatalities in Afghanistan

31,434 U.S. Military Maimed in Iraq (source: DoD Update as of July 14, 2009)

101,006 Iraqis Reported Killed (source: Iraq Body Count)

1,339,771 Iraqis Reported Killed (source: justforeignpolicy.org)

Stories on .NET

AIG ignores Fed regulations, keeps $2.4b

http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1026917

U.S. durable goods orders drop sharply in June

http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1026912

Citizens Supporting a Public Option

http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1026909

The future of universal healthcare - Robert Reich

http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1026901

Financial Institutions Lobbying Against Sweeping Bank Reforms

http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1026904

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